Two warm stones hang one below the other in these drop earrings of matte 925 sterling silver. At the top sits a smooth, domed cabochon of natural tiger’s eye in orange-brown. Under it an open silver ring holds a faceted natural citrine in light yellow, and the gap inside that ring keeps the two stones apart, so each earring reads as two small drops of color on one line rather than a single long setting.

Tiger’s eye and citrine are both forms of quartz, hard enough for earrings worn every day. The tiger’s eye is polished into a dome, and as the earring turns it shows a play of color across its surface. The citrine below is cut with facets and catches light from its edges instead. Citrine is the November birthstone, so these are November birthstone earrings for anyone born that month. Tradition ties tiger’s eye to confidence and citrine to warmth and good spirits, if that matters to the person who will wear them.

We make these handmade sterling silver earrings in our workshop in Türkiye. Each stone sits in a bezel, a closed rim of silver that wraps the edge of the stone and holds it without prongs. The silver has a soft matte finish instead of a mirror shine, which lets the orange and yellow of the stones stand out. The tiger’s eye is an oval cabochon of 8 x 7 mm, and the citrine below it a round of 5 mm. Each earring is about 4 cm (1.6 in) long, and the pair weighs about 4.5 grams.

The ear wire is a French hook, the fish hook shape with a small coil above the drop, which passes through the piercing and stays open at the back. Small and light, these simple silver dangle earrings in brown and yellow tones go with a work shirt, with linen and denim, or with the earthy colors of a boho wardrobe. As a minimalist pair of gemstone drop earrings they make an easy gift for her, for a mom or for a wife with a November birthday.